SweetSassy
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Tonyshuman Wrote: talks about offering veggies
Posted: 25 May 2009 01:50 pm
Yup, that's right. Since she's probably over a year old, the best thing to give her is a pellet that has timothy hay as the first ingredient. Some good ones are Oxbow Bunny Basics T, one by Sweet Meadow Farms, and Zupreem's timothy pellets. Also good is Kaytee's Timothy Complete. These are all not very cheap, and can be hard to find. I personally love Oxbow, but it is hard to find and expensive.
If you're close to feed stores there are some good cheap pellets. These will mostly be alfalfa-based, which is better for younger bunnies, but if you feed them in smaller amounts with lots of timothy hay, they're fine. At the shelter we give adult buns Purina Hi-Fiber Lab Diet, which I think is a really good pellet, although not all feed stores carry it as it is primarily for lab rabbits as the name implies. Another pretty good one is Purina Rabbit Chow (green bag). It's a bit more for younger bunnies, but it can be good for picky eaters or bunnies who need to put on weight.
Seeds and corn and stuff shouldn't be in a good rabbit pellet. They can't digest these things very well, and they could be leading to the excess cecals you're seeing and the mushy poos. A better pellet (I think a 1-2week switch would be ok since she obviously hasn't been on the current pellets for a long time, since you just got her) and lots of Timothy hay will help a lot. You might also offer her fresh veggies since I assume she was eating mostly grass and dandelion leaves when she was outside.
Posted: 25 May 2009 01:50 pm
Yup, that's right. Since she's probably over a year old, the best thing to give her is a pellet that has timothy hay as the first ingredient. Some good ones are Oxbow Bunny Basics T, one by Sweet Meadow Farms, and Zupreem's timothy pellets. Also good is Kaytee's Timothy Complete. These are all not very cheap, and can be hard to find. I personally love Oxbow, but it is hard to find and expensive.
If you're close to feed stores there are some good cheap pellets. These will mostly be alfalfa-based, which is better for younger bunnies, but if you feed them in smaller amounts with lots of timothy hay, they're fine. At the shelter we give adult buns Purina Hi-Fiber Lab Diet, which I think is a really good pellet, although not all feed stores carry it as it is primarily for lab rabbits as the name implies. Another pretty good one is Purina Rabbit Chow (green bag). It's a bit more for younger bunnies, but it can be good for picky eaters or bunnies who need to put on weight.
Seeds and corn and stuff shouldn't be in a good rabbit pellet. They can't digest these things very well, and they could be leading to the excess cecals you're seeing and the mushy poos. A better pellet (I think a 1-2week switch would be ok since she obviously hasn't been on the current pellets for a long time, since you just got her) and lots of Timothy hay will help a lot. You might also offer her fresh veggies since I assume she was eating mostly grass and dandelion leaves when she was outside.